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title: "2 Happy man Quotes By Richard Flanagan"
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> [A happy man has no past, while an unhappy man has nothing else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-flanagan/a-happy-man-has-no-past-while-an-unhappy-man-has-nothing-else/)

[Richard Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-flanagan/)

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> [“He just stared into the flames. 2 A happy man has no past, while an unhappy man has nothing else. In his old age Dorrigo Evans never knew if he had read this or had himself made it up. Made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-flanagan/he-just-stared-into-the-flames-2-a-happy-man-has-no-past-while-an/)

[Richard Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-flanagan/)

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## Other authors on Happy man

## More by Richard Flanagan

> [I went to study at Oxford University in the 1980s on an imperial scholarship instituted by Cecil Rhodes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-flanagan/i-went-to-study-at-oxford-university-in-the-1980s-on-an-imperial/)

[Richard Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-flanagan/)

> [Writing is not lying, nor is it theft. It is a journey and search for transparency between one’s words and one’s soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-flanagan/writing-is-not-lying-nor-is-it-theft-it-is-a-journey-and-search-for/)

[Richard Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-flanagan/)

> [In reading, you sense the divine: the things that are larger and greater and more mysterious than yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-flanagan/in-reading-you-sense-the-divine-the-things-that-are-larger-and/)

[Richard Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-flanagan/)

> [Within white Australia, there was a growing movement for what was known as reconciliation - a movement that peaked with millions marching in 2000…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-flanagan/within-white-australia-there-was-a-growing-movement-for-what-was/)

[Richard Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-flanagan/)

> [In 1995, the Paul Keating Labor government commissioned an inquiry into the forcible removal of Aboriginal children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-flanagan/in-1995-the-paul-keating-labor-government-commissioned-an-inquiry/)

[Richard Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-flanagan/)

> [Murder and hate are as deeply buried in the human heart as love, perhaps more so, and in truth they're rather entwined, and if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-flanagan/murder-and-hate-are-as-deeply-buried-in-the-human-heart-as-love/)

[Richard Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-flanagan/)

> [My father was the first to read in his family, and he said to me that words were the first beautiful thing he ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-flanagan/my-father-was-the-first-to-read-in-his-family-and-he-said-to-me-that/)

[Richard Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-flanagan/)

> [I grew up in a world that was clannish - old Tasmanian-Irish families with big extended families.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-flanagan/i-grew-up-in-a-world-that-was-clannish-old-tasmanian-irish-families/)

[Richard Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-flanagan/)

> [If 30 Australians drowned in Sydney Harbour, it would be a national tragedy. But when 30 or more refugees drown off the Australian coast,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-flanagan/if-30-australians-drowned-in-sydney-harbour-it-would-be-a-national/)

[Richard Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-flanagan/)

> [The enslavement, humiliation, torture, and ultimate destruction of thousands upon thousands of human beings for a project for which there was ultimately no purpose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-flanagan/the-enslavement-humiliation-torture-and-ultimate-destruction-of/)

[Richard Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-flanagan/)

> [In Tasmania, an island the size of Ireland whose primeval forests astonished 19th-century Europeans, an incomprehensible ecological tragedy is being played out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-flanagan/in-tasmania-an-island-the-size-of-ireland-whose-primeval-forests/)

[Richard Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-flanagan/)

> [You have to attempt to find new forms that will force you to write freshly and better and hopefully more truthfully.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-flanagan/you-have-to-attempt-to-find-new-forms-that-will-force-you-to-write/)

[Richard Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-flanagan/)

> [My mother hoped I'd be a plumber.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-flanagan/my-mother-hoped-i-d-be-a-plumber/)

[Richard Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-flanagan/)

> [Family matters, friends matter, love matters. Those you love and who love you matter. That's what writing does - it allows you to say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-flanagan/family-matters-friends-matter-love-matters-those-you-love-and-who/)

[Richard Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-flanagan/)

> [A good book ... leaves you wanting to reread the book. A great book compels you to reread your own soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-flanagan/a-good-book-leaves-you-wanting-to-reread-the-book-a-great-book/)

[Richard Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-flanagan/)

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